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He might be the lion whisperer, but sometimes he still has to use his outside voice – especially when competing with a roaring lion.

South African zookeeper Kevin Richardson, who is known as the Lion Whisperer due to his close relationship with the animals, was recently ‘roar bombed’ by one of his furry friends while trying to make a video.

As Kevin starts explaining how lions’ natural habitat is shrinking, the ferocious-looking Tau lets out a roar that lasts for a good minute.

Kevin, who gained internet fame last month after he donned a suit to play football with his lion friends, is also forced to fight off another playful lion and stop Tau from rolling into the camera in his failed attempt to enlighten us to the lions’ plight.

The video is funny (and maybe a little bit scary), but Kevin’s message is important – he reminds us that lions have lost 80 per cent of their former habitat in recent years, which ‘results in human-wildlife conflict’.